And I believe that the time is at hand when another document of our history will stand side by side with the Constitution, and enjoy with it coëqual authority, as it has more than the renown of the Constitution: I mean the Declaration of Independence.
Sumner predicts that the Declaration of Independence will hold equal authority alongside the Constitution in American history.
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I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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